CVE-2022-40151 (GCVE-0-2022-40151)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-16 10:00 – Updated: 2025-04-21 13:49
VLAI
Title
Stack Buffer Overflow in xstream
Summary
Those using Xstream to seralize XML data may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by stackoverflow. This effect may support a denial of service attack.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
xstream xstream Affected: unspecified , ≤ 1.4.19 (custom)
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Date Public
2022-08-07 00:00
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